Localization of a basic protein in the myelin of various species with the aid of fluorescence and electron microscopy.
In this study, alanine was shown to be the N-terminal amino acid of a basic protein of low molecular weight that was isolated from either human or guinea pig brain. Antibodies prepared against the guinea pig protein were labeled with either fluorescein or ferritin. Studies with the labeled antibodies showed that an immunohistochemically similar protein is found in the myelin sheaths of central and peripheral nervous tissues of chicken and frog and a variety of mammalian species. Loss of integrity of the myelin during processing was shown to enhance markedly the antigen-antibody reaction.
D000409:Alanine; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009186:Myelin Sheath; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011817:Rabbits; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology
D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000409:Alanine